Marvin Fong, The Plain DealerAndrea Whitaker, one of former Cuyahoga County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora's defense attorneys, arrives for court today in Akron. Whitaker and her father, William Whitaker, gave their closing arguments in the racketeering trial this afternoon.

AKRON, Ohio – The father-daughter defense team of William and Andrea Whitaker continued to try to convince a federal jury that their client, former Cuyahoga County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora, may have accepted gifts, but never bribes, from his associates.

William Whitaker, who at the end of his statement mistakenly told the jury he expected them to return "guilty" verdicts on all counts, was followed by his daughter Andrea Whitaker in closing arguments to the jury in the courtroom of U.S. District Judge Sara Lioi.

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“There is not a single conversation with Mr. Dimora where he talked about a kickback with Green-Source Products,” Whitaker said.

Earlier, William Whitaker had attacked the credibility of government witnesses, including former county Auditor Frank Russo, Pumper and former county employee J. Kevin Kelley, saying they only testified against Dimora because they want reduced prison sentences in exchange for their cooperation. All three had testified in the trial and had pleaded guilty to corruption-related charges.

Whitaker showed the jury charts that described kickbacks and bribes some of the men received in addition to playing a wiretap conversation when associates complained that Dimora needed to look out for them the way they said Russo did.

The charges against Dimora are found in a 36-count, 148-page
federal indictment, alleging that he used his county commissioner's office as the base to run a criminal enterprise. Dimora is on trial along with Gabor, 52, of
Parma, a former office assistant in the auditor's office. Gabor is accused of bribery and conspiracy, including a charge that he tried to pay a judge $10,000 to fix his divorce case.